Device for feeding poultry.



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DEVICE 02 FEEDING POULTRY.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.13, 1912.

1,059,943, Patented Aug. 12, 1913.

J'Alcll'ilS F. HAFFEY, OF TIFFIH, @HIO.

DEVICE FOR- FEEDING- POULTRY.

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Specification-of Letters Batent.

Iatented Aug. is, rare.

Application filed March 13, 1912. Serial No, $83,599:.

$0 aZZ whom it may concern:

eBe it known that I, JAMES F. IIAFFEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Tifiin, in the countyof Seneca and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for FeedingPoultry and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates generally to devices for feeding poultry, but isspecially adapted as a drinking fountain, and it consists of a novelsupport or stand by. means of which a, water or feed reservoir issupported in a suitabletrough in such a manner that the water or feedwill be automatically fed thereto.

The chief object of the invention is-to supply poultry with drinkingwater or grain, freed as much as possible from dust and dirt;

Another object of the invention is to provide a support which willmaintain the open end or. mouth of the reservoir a distance from'thebottom of the trough sufficient to allow the water or grain to flowfreely into the same.

In the drawings-Figure 1 is a central, vertical section of my improveddevice; Fig. 2, a erspective view of the support shown in Fig. 1;'Figs.3 and 4 modified forms of the support, and Fig. 5 a vertical section ofthe trough showing the form of support shown in Fig. 4:;

In the several views, particularly'l ig. l, the numeral 1 indicates thetrough; 2 the reservoir, and 3 the stand or support for the reservoir.The stand as shown in Figs.

1 and 2 is made of a single piece of spring wire, preferably circular inshape to close around the neck 4 of the reservoir, said neck beingscrew-threaded to adapt the support to be screwed thereon, and'is bentto form an arm 5 adapted to enter a seat or groove 6 in the side wall ofthe trough. The respective ends of the stand are bent back upon the bodyof the stand to form arms 7 to engage said groove 6 in the side wall ofthe trough, and then downwardly to form legs 8, 8, which rest upon thebottom of the trough to form an additional support for the stand. Thegroove in he side wall of the trough is formed at such a height abov thebottom of the trough as n support the mouth of the reservoir, whenproperly seatthe neck of the reservoir and the reservoir filled withwater or grain, as the case may be; the trough is then placed inposition by inserting the arms 5 and 7 into the groove 6, the diameterof the trough being much greater than that of the neckof theireservoirit will be seen that ample space will be afforded the poultry to drinkor feed.

In the form shown in Fig. 3, the. engaging arms 10, 1'0, 10 projectdownwardly and engage the groove 6, which is placed at the bottom of thewall the arms being of strength sufficient to support the reservoir therequired distance from the bottom of the trough.

In the form shown in 1 1g. 4 the legs 8 are dispensed with.

It will be noted that all of the supports are spring-acting so as tofirmly clamp the reservoir, around the neck thereof.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is 1. Apoultry-feeding device having in combination, a suitable trough providedwith a seat, and a support consisting of a single piece of spring wirebent in the form of a partial circle, the circular portion being bent toform a seat-engaging arm, and its free or open ends also bent to formseat-engaging arms, so as to support a fced-recep tacle.

2. A ponlt-ryieeding device, comprising a trough having the innersurface of its side wall provided with an annular "groove, a reservoirhaving an open end and 21. Support made or a single piece of spring wirebent to encircle the reservoir and form projecting engaging-arms adaptedto be forced into engagement with said groove by the spring-action thesupport, and thereby support the reservoir.

r 3. Avpo'ultry-feeding device, comprising a two of said arms being bentto form legs as trough haviin the inner surface of its side anadditional support.

Wall proviele with an annular groove, a In testimony whereof I aifix mysignature,

reservoir ,having an open end, and a 'supin the presence of twoWitnesses.

fin port made of a single piece of spring Wire JAMES F. HAFFEY.

bentto encircle the reservoir and to form Witnesses:

rojecting engaging-arms adapted to be JAMES L. CRAWFORD,

irced' into engagement With said. groove, J. R. NOTTINGHAM.

